 The ceasefire committees of the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have ordered a probe on the alleged takeover by the MILF of the base camp and minesite of a chromite mining firm in Banay-banay, Davao Oriental on July 21. Peace Process Undersecretary Ramon Santos,| Just what every nation needs: an Undersecretary for Peace Processors |
chair of the governmentÂ’s Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) and Von Al Haq, chair of the MILFÂ’s CCCH, | With a grand name like Von al Haq and a grand title like CCCH Chairman for MILF, this gentleman likely doesn't sleep in too many fleabag hotels... |
told MindaNews by telephone shortly before their departure for Kuala Lumpur Monday that they would have the matter investigated. | "We'll get right on it...right after lunch!" |
Alexander Benedicto, chair of the Heritage Resources and Development Corporation (HRDC), the firm operating the chromite mines, told MindaNews he has also reported the matter to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, head of the Regional Peace and Order Council, and that Duterte has vowed to look into the situation.| He'll get right on it as well...right after he makes sure his bodyguards are personally loyal to him and gets the brake lines in his car inspected. |
The HRDC also asked Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes to “intervene and to order all agencies to investigate” the alleged takeover.| She'll need to get in touch with the enviro ofice in Brussels, and c'est la vie, it's Aout, everyone's on holiday. |
Benedicto told MindaNews the MILF members were reportedly hired by a councilor and construction firm owner from Pangasinan. |
